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Trench Coat Mystery Solved!
Chanel's sellout spring coat was not the first of its kind
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Chanel’s tweed-trimmed trenches ($4365, above) look a lot like the coats from another Paris-based design group. Ramosport, an outerwear company, commissioned the visionary team Michele and Olivier Chatenet of E2 last September during Paris fashion week to customize twenty of their classic trenches with hardware embellishments for a window display at the ultra-hip rue Saint-Honore store Colette. The limited edition collection flew out of the windows in just two days and onto the backs of every fashionista sitting front row. The very next month, Chanel showed their beige mini-trench with black and white braiding and had a similar response. “We sold out of the trench immediately,” a spokesperson for Chanel said but declined to comment on the similarities between the jackets.
Ramosport sold out of their $2000 limited edition trench at Barneys but offers a grommet-ed version at Bergdorf Goodman for $715.
Its very likely and possible. Does anyone have a photo?